Unions demand the truth about RAAC

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SIX unions have asked urgent questions of Gillian Keegan, the Secretary of State for Education, about RAAC affected schools. The general secretaries of six unions...

‘The biggest war in Europe since 1945’ – predicts PM Boris Johnson

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TORY Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed yesterday that Russia is on the brink of ‘invading’ Ukraine and threatened that what would ensue would be...
Anti-ARK Academy protest outside the company’s offices in London

‘Stop Wandsworth asset-stripping!’

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THE GMB union is calling on the public in the south London borough of Wandsworth to support a campaign to stop the sale of...

Nationalise Vestas Now!

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Workers who have been occupying Vestas Wind Systems wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight since 20th July, against its closure and...

‘Free pass to commit war crimes’ – Amnesty slams army immunity from prosecution

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‘IT IS in no-one’s interests for members of the armed forces to be given a free pass over alleged war crimes’ said Kate Allen,...
Hunger striker PARAMESWARAN SUBRAMANIYAN has decided he will not give up

HUNGER STRIKER ON 23rd DAY

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HUNGER striker Parameswaran Subramaniyan, is continuing his hunger strike for the 23rd day outside Parliament, surrounded by more than a thousand Tamil workers...
Teachers, pupils and parents taking part in last Friday’s ‘Fair Funding for All Schools’ national mobilsation

Teaching Assistants face sack!

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THE GMB union will consult members in Brighton schools as to what action to take as 51 Teaching Assistant redundancies loom with many facing...
In the last month there have been big demonstrations up and down the country to stop local hospitals being closed. The demonstration above is defending Charing Cross Hospital in west London

BATTLE FOR BOLTON NHS – plan to sack 500 and make 1,685 reapply for...

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OVER 1,000 people joined a demonstration and rally on Saturday to protest over plans to cut up to 500 jobs at the...

Met Police Ban Rally At BBC For Palestine!

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THE METROPOLITAN Police have been condemned for their decision to impose a last-minute ban on a planned mass pro-Palestinian march starting from outside the...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers’ campaign team with Ealing Town Hall UNISON Branch officer STEVE BARTON and Branch Secretary CHRIS MOREY

Workers buy tickets for GG locked-out workers rally

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‘GATE Gourmet are not going to get away with what they did, sacking us for no reason,’ said Raj Sahdev yesterday on the locked-out...
Platform at the News Line Anniversary Rally (L-R) KAREN MENPES (GMB cab drivers), DAVE WILTSHIRE (WRP CC) FRANK SWEENEY (Chair) JOSHUA OGUNLEYE (WRP Gen Sec) GARY PALMER (GMB Southern Region) JONTY LEFF (News Line Editor) MOHAMED BARRY (Ridley Road Market

‘TIME TO GET RID OF CAPITALISM’ – News Line Anniversary Rally is urged

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JOSHUA Ogunleye, the WRP General Secretary, told the over 100-strong News Line 49th Anniversary rally yesterday: ‘Workers and young people hate capitalism! ‘This is...

‘We demand a pay rise’ – Nurses, midwives & NHS staff rise up against...

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OVER 500 angry NHS workers marched from St Thomas’ Hospital to Downing Street on Wednesday evening to demand a 15 per cent pay rise. ‘Enough...
RMT Southern rail guards and supporters lobbying parliament last November demanding that guards must be kept on the trains

RMT Calls National Protest

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THE RMT will hold a national protest outside Parliament at noon next Wednesday, 26th April, to mark the one year anniversary of RMT industrial...

RCM, Unison strike ballot!

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FOR the first time in history midwives are uniting with other health workers to ballot for strike action, in an escalating fight over...

Workers hit by global gas hike – Unison warns of big shocks to come

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An unprecedented rise in the price of gas has sent shock waves through the UK energy market, forcing energy suppliers out of business, threatening...

Pm May Is Canvassing For Labour, Lib-Dem & Snp Votes

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JACOB Rees-Mogg Tory MP for North East Somerset yesterday warned that ‘Brexit is being watered down to the extent where you couldn’t really tell...

Tube Strike Brings London To A Standstill!

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POWERFUL picket lines continue outside London rail depots this morning as the RMT Tube union completes this week’s first 24-hour strike at 12noon today,...

Palestine PM Shtayyeh calls to establish state and impose sanctions on Israel

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PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said yesterday that the international consensus on establishing the State of Palestine must be translated into practical steps that...

30% Wages ‘Sabbatical’ For Vauxhall Ellesmere Port

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General Motors, the owner of Vauxhall, has put forward a plan for its Merseyside workforce to ‘take a break’ from two to nine-months from...

Unite urges BA staff to accept pay cut

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THE UNITE union has sent a ‘GSS UPDATE 17 SEPT’ to its below-wing ground staff members working at Heathrow to try and persuade them...
Demonstrators stage a protest in Trafalgar Square demanding the release of Binyam Mohamed from Guantanamo Bay

TORTURE EXPOSED! – Binyam Mohamed case sent to Attorney General

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Lawyers for Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed yesterday welcomed news that the UK government has referred his case to the Attorney General. The Home Office is...
Young students leading the WRP-Young Socialist contingent on the May Day march in London – they never had any illusions in the Liberal Democrats

Student Fury Over Lib Dem Betrayal

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THE National Union of Students (NUS) yesterday issued a warning to Liberal Democrat MPs that they must keep their promises to their constituents to...
Greek workers demanding the Syriza government fight Troika-imposed austerity

Greece mass rallies on Sunday!

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THE Greek government’s spokesperson Gavriil Sakelarides stated yesterday morning that ‘he was optimistic of a deal’ with the European Commission by this Sunday. He said...

PCS-Budget Day Strike!

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UP to a quarter of a million civil and public servants from across the UK will be taking part in a one day strike...

Abbas calls for immediate end to Israeli occupation of Palestine

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PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an immediate end to what he described as Israeli occupation and aggression in Gaza, the West Bank,...
The YS March for Jobs and Free State Education arriving in London in November last year

The Ys Calls ‘Jobs For Youth’ Lobby Of Tuc!

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THE Young Socialists yesterday called a mass lobby of the TUC Annual Congress for Monday September 12, beginning at 8.00am. The conference is being held...
The North-East London Council of Action marching to defend Chase Farm Hospital – a call was made yesterday for a  mass demonstration on June 6 against the closure plans

‘Save Chase Farm March’ – June 6

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‘WE will not let Chase Farm Hospital close, and we are calling a massive march though Enfield on Saturday June 6 to keep...
Last November 30 saw a massive pensions strike against the coalition government

Pensions strike March 28th!

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MARITIME and transport union RMT confirmed yesterday that its members in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ‘will strike alongside public sector colleagues on the 28th...

President Abbas says Israel plans to eliminate Palestinian presence!

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THE President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday stressed the need to completely stop the ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people, open...
The CWU has been campaigning against the privatisation of Royal Mail since the days of the last Labour government. The picture shows its campaign in Corby in 2009

Royal Mail sell-off begins!

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THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) yesterday slammed the government’s announcement that it plans to begin selling off Royal Mail in the next few...
Doctors applaud one of the speakers at the BMA conference yesterday, where NHS privatisation was loudly condemned

DEFEND NHS GENERAL HOSPITALS! – demand BMA delegates

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DOCTORS at the British Medical Association Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) yesterday voted overwhelmingly to oppose the government’s ‘local hospital model for London’. They voted instead...
Sue Tobin, Kaniz Malik, Sue’s daughter Danielle and Kaniz’s grandson Aslam

Defend Ealing Maternity

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SOUTHALL families are unanimous that Ealing Hospital maternity and A&E departments must not close. Over the weekend, scores of tickets for tomorrow night’s meeting to...

Union Leaders Warn King

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BANK of England Governor King’s insistence that nothing must be done to prevent the squeeze in living standards down to 1920s levels, has...

Massive 97% NO vote! – 400 Birmingham binmen reject pay cuts

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STRIKING Birmingham bin workers have overwhelmingly rejected, by 97%, the council’s ‘totally inadequate’ offer, with hundreds of members of the Unite union voting against...
300,000 marched on parliament on July 1st to demand ‘Tories Out!’– today with the Tory party in a huge crisis the Labour leaders are silent

Tories Move To Knife May!

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PM MAY, who had previously described her leadership as ‘strong and stable’, was yesterday struggling to keep her head above water as the Tory...

Docklands strike illegal!

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THE rail union RMT yesterday called off the Docklands Light Railway 48-hour strike after it was declared illegal by the judiciary. In a message to...

‘ISRAEL OUT OF THE LEBANON’ say Gate Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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‘BLAIR says let Israel get on with its attacks and Woodley our TGWU general secretary says nothing’, Gate Gourmet locked out worker...
Trump’s letter to Kim Jong-un

Trump cancels N Korean summit

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US PRESIDENT Trump released a letter yesterday afternoon which stated that the summit between him and North Korean President Kim Jong-un has been cancelled....

‘We won’t pay £39bn divorce bill’ says Brexit Sec Raab

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IN A Sunday Telegraph interview, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab threatened to withhold the £39 billion ($51 billion) divorce fee from the EU,...

21st June ‘unlocking’ postponed – Johnson – Speaker condemns Johnson’s conduct

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WE CANNOT simply eliminate Covid, we must be able to learn to live with it,’ Tory PM Boris Johnson said in announcing a delay...

25 Colleges strike over pay

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OVER 300 striking teachers from sixth form colleges around the country demanded the government honour their £700 million funding ‘invoice’ which was signed by...

Israeli attacks disable Gaza Eye Hospital

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GAZA’S Eye Hospital warned yesterday that it is now unable to provide full services amid ongoing war and shortages. Dr Hussam Dawoud, director of Gaza’s...
Striking Southern rail guards on the picket line yesterday morning at Victoria station – they are out again today and tomorrow

Guards Strike Solid!

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‘WE WANT all trade unions to come out in our support if any of our members is sacked. Behind this is a threat to...

FURY OVER STARMER SACKING OF TARRY FOR JOINING RAIL PICKET! – McDonnell calls for...

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SUPPORTING calls for a general strike, leading Labour MP John McDonnell said he supports ‘co-ordinated action’. He also condemned Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer...

25,000 Bank Jobs At Risk

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The Unite union yesterday warned that up to 25,000 banking jobs are at risk with the government’s plan to sell off the profitable parts...